Flea and Anthony Kiedis were best buddies, so we all became friends. Flea spent time with Alain and Hillel learning to play our songs. Hillel wanted Flea to play the bass for us. It read, "Hi, I am Michael Balzary" (I don't remember that). He says, on his first day or so, I drew a picture of a funny face and passed it around the class. I did not know him well then, but Flea recalls a story when we were in 6th grade: For about a year Flea and I attended the same elementary school, Carthay Center in Los Angeles. Flea was a trumpet player and had attended Bancroft as well. Hillel had become close friends with Flea, known then as Michael Balzary. We needed to find a bass player that was as into music as we were. At some point we started playing with a bass player but he wasn't as interested as us in a career in music. In 1977 we graduated Bancroft and went on to Fairfax High. We played as a trio, doing covers and originals. We would rehearse in my bedroom and play at our own parties. So we started playing music all the time. Alain was far more advanced at music than we were but still wanted to play with us. I only knew Alain as the guy who hit me in the balls. One day Hillel came to me and said we should play music with Alain, he is a really good guitar player. That guy was Alain Moschulski, more known as Alain Johannes. I was really spaced out that day in school and as I was walking in history class this guy, who wanted to see if the cod piece was real, gave me a punch in the balls. I had used a tennis ball cut in half to create a cod piece. Hillel, who dressed as Paul Stanley, and I went to school all dressed up. I remember staying up all night in my dad's workshop getting our costumes together and putting on make-up. We were very into Kiss at the time and had made costumes for Halloween day at Bancroft Junior High School. We took lessons at a local music school and began playing together after about 6-9 months of lessons. I had wanted to play drums since the age of 9 when I saw a drum set in the window of a music store for the first time. We decided to take music lessons together. My best friend at the time was Hillel Slovak. Jack Irons' biography - in his own words: Greg Upchurch is Jack's replacement in Eleven. Jack left Eleven in 1994 and later joined his friend Eddie Vedder in Pearl Jam. In 1990 Jack played in LA rock outfit Eleven. In March 1989 Chad Smith joined the Chili Peppers as their permanent drummer. He left the band and was temporarily replaced by D.H. Jack Irons (Los Angeles, CA, 1962) was the initial drummer of The Red Hot Chili Peppers.
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